secta

Borrowed from Latin secta.

secta f (plural sectes)

1. sect

secta

1. nominative feminine singular of sectus
2. nominative neuter plural of sectus
3. accusative neuter plural of sectus
4. vocative feminine singular of sectus
5. vocative neuter plural of sectus

sectā

1. ablative feminine singular of sectus

Probably from sectus (“cut off, amputated, divided”), perfect passive participle of secō, as in a distinct, separate body or group (e.g. a religious, political, or philosophical sect). See also the expression "secāre viam" ("take one's way, travel"). Another possibility is a derivation from sequor, sequī (“to follow”), past participle secutus.

secta f (genitive sectae); first declension

1. a trodden or beaten way, pathway, mode, manner, method, principle[1]
2. a body of political principles, party, side, faction
3. (philosophy) a doctrine, school, sect

First declension.

• secta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• secta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• secta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• secta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) a sect, school of thought: schola, disciplina, familia; secta
    
  • (ambiguous) to be a follower, disciple of some one: sectam alicuius sequi (Brut. 31. 120)
    

Borrowed from Latin secta.

secta f (plural sectas)

1. cult
2. sect

• sectario m, sectaria f
• sectarismo m

• culto